This really makes me nervous. This is one of the committees main criteria AND a tiebreaker. And its quite clear the committee is looking at different things with different teams-eye test, number of games, number of losses, etc.... and its clear 3 of the 4 teams currently in the top four are likely going to be conference champions. If nd loses, yet usc wins, iowa state wins, it does allow the committee to fall back on the conference championship criteria to justify doing a few things that could leave nd out.